From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Ottawa cancels next-stop announcements

October 30, 2009

The City of Ottawa (ON) has cancelled a procurement for next-stop announcements on OC Transpo buses.

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Vallejo to buy clean diesel buses

October 30, 2009

The Vallejo Municipal Transit Services (CA) will purchase 21 clean diesel buses, including at least two diesel-electric hybrids.

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London tests contactless cards at parking meters

October 30, 2009

Drivers will be able to pay for parking with contactless credit cards at about 20 parking meters in London’s West End next year.

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DART will add CNG buses

October 29, 2009

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board voted this week to add nearly 600 natural gas buses to its fleet.

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Fuel cell bus visits DOT

October 29, 2009

A hydrogen fuel-cell hybrid bus visited the Washington (DC) headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Tap & Go technology comes to Liverpool

October 29, 2009

Starting this week, bus riders on Stagecoach Merseyside (UK) will be able to use a MasterCard PayPass for their bus fare.

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Metrolink expands train-stop systems

October 28, 2009

Metrolink, the southern California commuter rail operator, has added automatic train stop systems at 49 additional locations.

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Half of Muni’s cameras fail audit

October 28, 2009

An emergency audit revealed that the surveillance cameras on more than half of San Francisco (CA) Muni’s buses and trains were not fully operational last month.

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NY Waterway to provide real-time bus info

October 28, 2009

NY Waterway, which operates ferry service in New York Harbor, plans to introduce real-time bus arrival information for its feeder bus fleet.

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New FTA report: Electronic fare collection for commuter rail

October 27, 2009

FTA has released a report on automated fare collection for commuter rai that includes case studies from six U.S. systems.

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